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Jewish orgs decry ‘botched’ FBI hate crimes report understating antisemitic attacks

Approximately 4,000 agencies do not participate in study, with 35 major US cities — including New York, Los Angeles and Miami — not submitting any data

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2,200-year-old coin hoard gives hard proof of Book of Maccabees, say archaeologists

Trove of silver coins — two months’ average salary — documents bloody persecution preceding the famous Hanukkah revolt when Jews fled to the desert, as written in I Maccabees 2:29

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Cryptoverse: Jump or slump? $30k or $5k? Play the bitcoin roulette

By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – Plucky bitcoin’s been holding steady since seeing off the chaos of the FTX collapse, gathering its strength to rally towards the dizzy heights of $30,000 in 2023. Battered bitcoin’s been unresponsive

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Two German prison staff taken hostage by 2019 synagogue attacker

The defendant Stephan Balliet sits in the courtroom of the Regional Court on the 26th day of his trial for carrying out the deadly 2019 attack on a synagogue in Halle. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild-POOL/dpa The right-wing extremist convicted for carrying out

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Musk’s Twitter disbands advisory panel on hate speech, other problematic content

Members of Trust and Safety Council informed of move shortly before scheduled meeting with representatives from the social media firm

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BTS Member Jin Begins Military Service in South Korea

YEONCHEON, South Korea — Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, was set to enter a frontline South Korean boot camp Tuesday to start his 18 months of mandatory military service, as fans gathered near the base to say

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Six dead – including two police officers killed ‘execution-style’ – at remote Australian property

Six people, including two police officers, have been killed in a gunfight at a remote home in Australia’s Queensland state.

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Musk’s Twitter Disbands Its Trust and Safety Council

Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems

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Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council, Yoel Roth flees home – The Washington Post

Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council, Yoel Roth flees home  The Washington Post Musk’s Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group  The Associated Press – en Español Twitter abruptly dissolves safety council moments before meeting  The Guardian Elon Musk’s Twitter Disbands Trust

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